O the excitement to be had yesterday! O the wonder of it! I had occasion to Leave the House and Drive. As in, a car. A vehicle of the automotive persuasion. Hadn’t driven in days. Wondered out loud to Husband if it were possible to forget how. Legend says it’s not possible to forget how [...]
Have discovered a new and unexpected pleasure that may go far in alleviating the great mental strain of having to spend so much time with the people I love most in the world: grinding coffee beans. Have never bothered before because coffee to me is a vehicle for half and half, and if it were [...]
Easter yesterday! He is risen! He is risen indeed! Day opened as usual to the sound of crinkling cellophane as Easter baskets were discovered and Vermont Nut-free chocolate bunnies opened and consumed along with Peeps and jelly beans. Younger Child later announced gravely, hand on stomach, in a gesture resembling Napoleon’s famous stance, “I regret [...]
Every reason to believe I’ll have to shelve the catering-to-my-every-whim plan, at least for now. Told Husband this morning that I was planning to shower today, in spite of having fallen out of the habit, but was hoping not to wash my hair, and asked whether he thought my hair didn’t look mostly okay. Husband: [...]
Older Boy is working quietly; Younger Boy is working sporadically, taking many breaks to interrupt me in my office and Husband in his office-cum-bedroom. There's a bird outside my window chirping. Thought it was charming for the first 12 or 15 chirps. Now want to kill it. CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP. The insistence, the sheer repetitiveness [...]